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Son of John and Elsie McCollum, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Flight Sergeant McCollum was a member of Raymond Linklater's crew aboard Lancaster ND 994. They were shot down in a Shrage Muzik attack on a night trip to the railyard at Revigny, France. For full details of the RAF raids on Revigny in July 1944 in which 41 Lancasters were shot down, read: "Massacre Over the Marne".
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
His grave at Loches sur Ource, Aube, France
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star, April 14, 1945, page 20
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Certificate from the City of Toronto
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant William John McCollum
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant McCollum was a member of Raymond Linklater's crew aboard Lancaster ND 994. They were shot down in a Shrage Muzik attack on a night trip to the railyard at Revigny, France. For full details of the RAF raids on Revigny in July 1944 in which 41 Lancasters were shot down, read: "Massacre Over the Marne".
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The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War
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His grave at Loches sur Ource, Aube, France
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Newspaper clipping from The Toronto Star, April 14, 1945, page 20
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant William John McCollum is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Certificate from the City of Toronto
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 383 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOCHES-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Aube, France
Loches-sur-Ource is a village 42 kilometres south-east of Troyes and 25 kilometres south-west of Bar-sur-Aube, a town on the Paris-Troyes-Chaumont road.
The LOCHES-SUR-OURCE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the south-eastern side of the village on the road to Essoyes. The Commonwealth graves are near the west corner of the Cemetery.
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